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About Shili Kalan Village

Shili Kalan is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 27, made up of 14 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shili Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shili Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173209
Area (hectares) 6.55 hectares
Population 27
Male Population 14
Female Population 13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shili Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Shili Kalan is the 222nd largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 6.55 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Shili Kalan

The census records public bus service for Shili Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shili Kalan from other places

Shili Kalan lies about 16 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Sonwara, about 7.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Shili Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 4.6 km
Nearest railway station Sonwara 7.1 km
Nearest town Kālka 11 km
District headquarters Solan 16 km

Villages closest to Shili Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kasauli tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Shili Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Shili Kalan village had a population of 27. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Shili Kalan village has 14 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shili Kalan has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Shili Kalan is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shili Kalan covers 6.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shili Kalan falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shili Kalan is Sonwara, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shili Kalan.

Shili Kalan is about 16 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shili Kalan is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Kasauli is about 4.6 km away. Sonwara is about 7.1 km away. Kālka is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shilar (under 2 km), Shili Khurd (under 2 km) and Mundru (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shili Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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